Giovanni Lo Curto

Photojournalist / Photographer

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Location: Berlin , Cuba, Greece, Sicily

Nationality: Italian

Biography: Giovanni Lo Curto, was born in Palermo in 1983. He is a photojournalist and photographer based in between Germany, Cuba, Greece and Italy. In 2018, he has been selected to study with the VII photo agency in their Warsaw-based Masterclass. His work... MORE

Privacy is rare in one of the c...ees and activists. Athens 2016.

Privacy is rare in one of the classrooms used as dormitory, but refugees at the Jasmin school use blankets to have some. The Jasmin School, the oldest school building in Athens, offers shelter to about 300 refugees. Men, women and children live in this abandoned school, which is administered as a self organized space from refugees and activists. Athens 2016.

A father enjoys the fresh air w...ce from refugees and activists.

A father enjoys the fresh air with his child after a storm. Athens, Greece 2016. The Jasmin school is a squat for refugees, more than 400 families live in this abandoned school, which is administered as a self organized space from refugees and activists.

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A storm has caught a group of r...ce from refugees and activists.

A storm has caught a group of refugees in the street. Yussef tries to save and dry his documents. Athens, Greece 2016. The Jasmin school is a squat for refugees, more than 400 families live in this abandoned school, which is administered as a self organized space from refugees and activists.

A Syrian refugee dry his hair. ...activists. Athens, Greece 2016.

A Syrian refugee dry his hair. The Jasmin school is a squat for refugees. More than 400 families live in this abandoned school, which is administered as a self organized space from refugees and activists. Athens, Greece 2016.

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A teenager takes a selfie with ...e shelter. Athens, Greece 2016.

A teenager takes a selfie with his family during the celebration of the six month existence of the "Best Hotel Europa." The City Plaza Hotel is a squat where more than 400 refugees take shelter. Athens, Greece 2016.

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kannigos 22 squat wo gibt ne ge...s 22 in ihrem geplantem schicht

kannigos 22 squat wo gibt ne gemeinsam kusche fÃ¼r jedem squat das keine hat. in die erste bild 9746 bijan a iranian refugee and part of the lgbt area cooks fÃ¼r notara 26. foto 9915 die notará 26 kuchen team koch in kanniggos 22 in ihrem geplantem schicht

The Kitchen team of "Notar... schedule. Athens, Greece 2016.

The Kitchen team of "Notará 26", a squat that many refugees call home, cooks during their turn the meal for the whole occupants in "Kannigos 22". This squat offer kitchen facilities to all the squats that haven't got one. Athens, Greece 2016. A Kitchen team of the squat "Notará 26" cooks for all its 200 inhabitants. They use the kitchen of "Kannigos 22" a squat which offers kitchen facilities to all the squats that haven't got one following a self-organized schedule. Athens, Greece 2016.

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Copyright Giovanni Lo Curto 2024

Updated Jun 2021

Topics Photography, Photojournalism

These reportage is about some of the initiatives from Greek citizens to squatt and occupy empty buildings in order to provide accommodation or communal kitchen to refugees and homeless Greeks.

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